But PokerStars player liaison ‘PokerStars Stefan’ recently set tongues a wagging with a post on 2+2 that read: “PokerStars is developing a fast moving ring games product. We expect it to be available for public beta testing in a few months.” Unfortunately, that was the sum total of the info Stefan was willing to provide, leaving players to speculate just what form this Rush Redux might take.
Stars better not leave their players hanging too long, especially not the stroppy UK ones. Redcar resident Michael James Gallagher recently pleaded guilty to violating the Malicious Communications Act 1988 after sending PokerStars an email on May 25 in which he threatened to pay a visit to their office with a sawed-off shotgun and kill as many employees as he could if the company refused to forgive his nearly £19k in losses and throw him a few extra grand in compensation (you know, because it’s Stars’ fault Gallagher sucks at poker). Gallagher dispatched a more sober followup email the next day apologizing for his earlier missive and insisting that he hadn’t been serious, just really really wasted, but that’s not how the legal system works. Gallagher is currently awaiting sentencing. In the meantime, perhaps he could go pick a fight with former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher, with whom Michael James not only shares a surname but also the tendency to imagine oneself as a hard man while in his cups.